U.N. Votes Overwhelmingly to Denounce U.S. Embargo on Cuba as Hurricane Melissa Batters Island
October 30, 2025
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I wrote my representative and advocated for lifting the trade embargo and this is what they sent back:
As your Member of Congress, I am opposed to lifting the embargo. Cuba continues to be under control of a communist regime which suppresses any advancement toward a free and open society. In addition to not providing basic goods and services for its citizens, the Cuban government routinely restricts civil liberties and engages in significant human rights abuses. Specific information can be found by reading the State Department's 2022 human rights report on Cuba. Cuba continues to undermine the interests of the United States, and most recently a Cuban spy was found to have infiltrated high levels of the U.S. government.
Man, imagine the paranoia. You literally have a russian puppet for president, but are worried about infiltrations by communist spies from Cuba.
cubans in florida, texas still believe it, its probably to shore up the supporters.
It's all about money, and money brings out the worst in people.
That list of complaints also applies to the Trump regime. Get off your high horse made of horseshit and stop intentionally making peoples lives worse.
Was his name trump?
This could be a typical reply from any R senator, or even D.
Our representatives don't represent us.
Literally everything they say can apply to China, but China makes America money so they get a pass.
Off with their heads.
I'm pretty sure Cuba's unforgivable crime wasn't Communism, but successfully resisting American imperialism.
America should be used and abused until it changes its ways.
I have no sympathy for this country or the leeches taking it for a ride.